The way this show shot up to the top of my favourite Korean dramas of all time is actually not funny. I love the movie 17 Again, the best thing Zac Efron did after High School Musical, so when I found out there was a Korean re-make I jumped on that without a second thought. I thought it was going to be something stupid and goofy as the original with some heartfelt moments, BUT BOY, OH BOY, WAS I WRONG. This show was nothing but an emotional wreck with heartfelt moments that had goofiness sprinkled in. I was so scared they were gonna keep the weird incestuous undertones, but I'm so glad they go above and beyond to make sure there are no misunderstandings anywhere.
This wasn't just a show about a guy turning 18 and getting back his life, this was about a guy returning to 18 and re-learning about his life and how valuable everything is to him. And not just him, but the whole family. They all start to realise just how important their father/husband is to them, despite them all not giving two shits about him before. This is how you write flawed characters, and watching them all learn and grow as people was one of my favourite things ever. The moment I started sobbing uncontrollably in episode 3, I knew this show was going to be unreplaceable in my heart. And don't even get me started on the little snippets of the baby twins and the ML in the end credits, every single one of them had me crying like no tomorrow. All these problems weren't something ridiculous or out of this world, it was just real-life mundane issues. Communication. Lack of time. Explosions after bottling up emotions for too long. They were human, they felt human, and it was why it was so much sweeter and heart-wrenching to watch them progress as the show goes because they start realising their mistakes and learn how to improve on that. And FL and ML only loving each other even after the divorce is just the kinda of romance you don't see everyday.
I have so much love for this show that words could not describe it.
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Angel's Last Mission: My Therapy Bills
"I loved you. I love you. And I'll keep loving you." — The line that single-handedly made me binge this. I laughed, screamed and cried. My tears have given the world an extra ocean. When I mean love, this is what I mean. The type of love that heals, hurts, and makes them go insane for one another. The love she had for him was boundless. And the love he had for her had no limits. "If I can see him because I'm insane, then I wish to remain insane." — I WANT MORE OF THIS HEART WRENCHING, WORLD SHATTERING, ALL CONSUMING LOVE. THIS SHOW IS TOO UNDERRATED!! I NEED MORE PEOPLE TO WATCH IT!! My eyes hurt from crying, they are burning and I still wanna keep watching clips of this show despite making me tear up. I don't know what I'm going to do with my life now that I've finished this. I need more dramas like this, but I know I won't find anything as close.Was this review helpful to you?
And special mentions to ahjussi. I felt so bad for him, but him being a big brother to the ML and finding his own path was everything I needed. And justice for Kharri. Poor kid did not deserve the shit he went through through. John Ma was the MVP of this series. Prove me wrong.
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A feel-good fantasy that heals the soul
This was genuinely the best feel-good fantasy drama ever. The comedy was amazing, and the dynamic of the characters were superb. The concept of the show had me hooked from the first read, and the way I dropped absolutely everything when I saw that this was completed just to watch it is not even funny. I have no fucking regrets. Stayed up until 4am giggling and crying my heart out. I swear, the dynamic of the main couple is honestly what I live for. I haven't seen a bickering couple like this in so long, and I loved every second of it. I was a wreck, A FUCKING WRECK, tears and buckets of tears coming down my eyes when Miao Miao realised Mu Sheng loved her. My heart actually broke into pieces, and I just know I'll end up crying again if I watch that scene again cuz you just remember how happy and giddy Sheng was when prepping everything until shit hit the bloody fan.Now, that being said, everything was a 9-10/10 until that final episode. I liked the ending, don't get me wrong. That ending was exactly what I expected and I wouldn't have it any other way, or think of anything more suitable for it. HOWEVER. What was that last episode? Granted, I cried buckets watching it, but still. What was that? That shit came out of no where man. Yall could have built up to it a bit, but nope. They just shoved that shit in and completely forgot to foreshadow anything. What they did, and the message they were trying to tell was good, but bro? You can't just dash in last minute plot twists like that. It just makes it seem like it came out of no where and got crammed in cuz the writers wanted everything to be about the main leads. Also, what was that whole spiel about the black lotus? Ain't anyone going to explain that?
But honestly, other than that disappointing last ep (except ending), this was a top-notch fantasy drama. I need more found family, fighting demons, and going on adventure type shows. Or characters going into books/games and trying to get out plot lines. It's such an easy sell, and I'm its biggest victim. I'll eat it up every single time.
P.S. Ding Yu Xi with a long pony tail with bangs out had to be the prettiest thing I've seen all year. I genuinely could not stop staring at him. Had to pause my screen just to gawk and squeal.
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